Isaiah 16:10

16:10 Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards,

and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts;

no one treads out juice in the wine vats ¹  –

I have brought the joyful shouts to an end. ² 

Isaiah 26:19

26:19 ³ Your dead will come back to life;

your corpses will rise up.

Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! ⁴ 

For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, ⁵ 

and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits. ⁶ 

Isaiah 35:6

35:6 Then the lame will leap like a deer,

the mute tongue will shout for joy;

for water will flow ⁷  in the desert,

streams in the wilderness. ⁸ 

Isaiah 49:13

49:13 Shout for joy, O sky! ⁹ 

Rejoice, O earth!

Let the mountains give a joyful shout!

For the Lord consoles his people

and shows compassion to the ¹⁰  oppressed.

Isaiah 52:8

52:8 Listen, ¹¹  your watchmen shout;

in unison they shout for joy,

for they see with their very own eyes ¹² 

the Lord’s return to Zion.

Isaiah 54:1

Zion Will Be Secure

54:1 “Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth!

Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor!

For the children of the desolate one are more numerous

than the children of the married woman,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 61:7

61:7 Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; ¹³ 

instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. ¹⁴ 

Yes, ¹⁵  they will possess a double portion in their land

and experience lasting joy.

[16:10]  ¹ tn Heb “wine in the vats the treader does not tread.”

[16:10]  ² sn The Lord appears to be the speaker here. See 15:9.

[26:19]  ³ sn At this point the Lord (or prophet) gives the people an encouraging oracle.

[26:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “dust” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[26:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “for the dew of lights [is] your dew.” The pronominal suffix on “dew” is masculine singular, like the suffixes on “your dead” and “your corpses” in the first half of the verse. The statement, then, is addressed to collective Israel, the speaker in verse 18. The plural form אוֹרֹת (’orot) is probably a plural of respect or magnitude, meaning “bright light” (i.e., morning’s light). Dew is a symbol of fertility and life. Here Israel’s “dew,” as it were, will soak the dust of the ground and cause the corpses of the dead to spring up to new life, like plants sprouting up from well-watered soil.

[26:19]  ⁶ sn It is not certain whether the resurrection envisioned here is intended to be literal or figurative. A comparison with 25:8 and Dan 12:2 suggests a literal interpretation, but Ezek 37:1-14 uses resurrection as a metaphor for deliverance from exile and the restoration of the nation (see Isa 27:12-13).

[35:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “burst forth” (so NAB); KJV “break out.”

[35:6]  ⁶ tn Or “Arabah” (NASB); KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT “desert.”

[49:13]  ⁷ tn Or “O heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heavens” or “sky” depending on the context.

[49:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “his” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[52:8]  ⁹ tn קוֹל (qol, “voice”) is used at the beginning of the verse as an interjection.

[52:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “eye in eye”; KJV, ASV “eye to eye”; NAB “directly, before their eyes.”

[61:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “instead of your shame, a double portion.”

[61:7]  ¹² tn Heb “and [instead of] humiliation they will rejoice [over] their portion.” The term תָחָת (takhat, “instead of”) is understood by ellipsis (note the preceding line).

[61:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “therefore” (so KJV, NASB); NIV “and so.”